A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

Alec Baldwin has reprised in his role as Donald Trump for the latest episode of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, identifying the US president as the true martyr of the tragic Charlottesville rally.

When a fairly innocuous question about autopsy results in passports being confiscated and extra police being assigned to your hotel, you can’t help but wonder what the hell is going to happen, reporter Pete Stefanovic tells.

Opposition pressures Qld govt on wharf

The Queensland government needs to restore business confidence by announcing which tenderer has won the right to the Queen's Wharf redevelopment in Brisbane, the opposition says.

The $6 billion riverside project, which will generate 10,000 jobs over a decade, was "only a signature away from approval" under the Newman government, Liberal National Party leader Lawrence Springborg says.

"We need this government now to give some confidence to business, some confidence for jobs in Queensland," he said on Thursday.